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Updated July 2017

While working on some custom orders this winter and spring I fixated on combining my Spyder bracing with Nomex® doubletop construction. I enforced my under 20 gram rule for the bridges using Sapele and extra dense woods (African Blackwood & Snakewood) for the saddles. I also tried some new woods, American Sycamore and Black Poisonwood for back and sides. Sycamore (Plantanus or Plane tree) is used for low end Flamenco guitars in Spain. It is a crime that this great tone wood is relegated to inferior status in the minds of so many. Black Poison wood is also known as Chechen and Caribbean Rosewood. It is related to poison ivy and has a beautiful luster not found in real rosewoods. Both these woods are relatively agnostic acoustically, favoring an even response. These are undoubtedly the loudest, most responsive instruments I’ve built and they won’t be the last. #248 and #249 are built from the same trees and are nearly identical, but with unique voices. They would be great for duets.

If 7 string jazz on classical guitar is your thing, this would be for you, except that I’m keeping it as my go to guitar for fingerstyle jazz. Good treble, as bright as #249, but with a deeper bass supporting the low B/A string. Excellent for Lute transcriptions and other styles requiring expanded range. Amazingly easy to play.

No longer for sale, available for evaluation locally.

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Then be silent no more !

Oh minstrel harp, still must thine accents sleep ?
Mid rustling leaves and fountains murmuring,
Still must thy sweeter sounds their silence keep,
Nor bid a warrior smile, nor teach a maid to weep ?
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Yet if one heart throb higher at its sway,
The wizard note has not been touched in vain.Then silent be no more ! Enchantress, wake again !